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Gabre Gabric
Italian athlete

Gabre Gabric

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Italian athlete
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Gender
Female
Place of birth
Imotski, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
Place of death
Brescia, Province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
Age
101 years
Family
Spouse:
Sandro Calvesi
Children:
Lyana Calvesi
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Biography

Ljubica Gabric-Calvesi (17 October 1914 – 16 December 2015), known as Gabre Gabric, was a Croatian-born Italian track and field athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Her best discus throw was 43.35 m (1939).

Biography

Gabric was born in Imotski, Croatia, Austria–Hungary. She was wife of Sandro Calvesi, an Italian athletic coach (hurdles), and mother-in-law of Eddy Ottoz (grandmother of Laurent Ottoz and Patrick Ottoz). While many sources give a birth year of 1914 and she competed in masters-level tournaments with this year of birth, Gabric admitted in an interview that she was born in 1917 and that 1914 was a transcription error: however, this admission is in contradiction with additional sources, including her arrival in the United States at age 9 in 1923, documented by Ellis Island records and the fact that Olympic documents dating to the 1936 and 1948 Olympics establish a birthdate of 17 October 1914, probably originating from her own answers at the time.

In 1936, she finished tenth in the Olympic discus throw event. Twelve years later she finished 17th in the discus throw competition at the 1948 Olympics. In the 1938 European Championships in Athletics she finished sixth in the discus throw contest and in the 1950 European Championships in Athletics she finished seventh in the discus throw event. Records from the European Championships use the 1917 birthdate, reporting her as a 20 year old and 32 year old respectively.

In 2010, she was still competing in Veterans Athletic Championships and, following the 2011 death of Alfred Proksch, was the last known track and field competitor from the 1936 Olympic Games to still be competing. At the 2010 European Veterans Athletics Championships in Nyíregyháza, Hungary, she set the current W95 World Records in the Shot Put and the Discus.

Gabric died on 16 December 2015, aged 101.

Masters world records

Gabric held four world records in masters W95 category (athletes who have completed the ninety-fifth year of age), records regularly recognized by the International Governing Body, World Masters Athletics. This is because for the World Masters Athletics and FIDAL (Italian athletics federation), recognize the birthdate of 1914.

EventCategoryPerformanceDateVenueNotes
Shot putW 955.32 m23 July 2010Hungary Nyíregyháza
Hammer throwW 9512.86 m21 July 2010Hungary Nyíregyháza
Weight throwW 954.67 m9 October 2010Italy Macerata
Throws pentathlonW 953.923 pt9 October 2010Italy Macerata

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenueEventPositionPerformanceNotes
1936Olympic GamesNazi Germany BerlinDiscus throw10th34.31 m
1938European ChampionshipsAustria ViennaDiscus throw6th35.53 m
1948Olympic GamesUnited Kingdom LondonDiscus throw17th34.17 m
1950European ChampionshipsBelgium BrusselsDiscus throw7th37.73 m
YearCompetitionVenueEventPositionPerformanceNotes
2007World Masters ChampionshipsItaly RiccioneShot put W901st4.35 m
Discus throw W901st11.45 m
Javelin throw W902nd6.93 m
2008World Masters Indoor ChampionshipsFrance Clermont-FerrandShot put W901st4.73 m
Discus throw W901st11.49 m
Javelin throw W901st6.87 m
2009World Masters ChampionshipsFinland LahtiShot put W902nd4.73 m
Discus throw W902nd12.55 m
Javelin throw W902nd7.36 m
2008European Masters ChampionshipsSlovenia LjubljanaShot put W901st4.73 m
Discus throw W901st11.86 m
Javelin throw W901st7.97 m
2009European Masters Indoor ChampionshipsItaly AnconaShot put W901st4.72 m
Discus throw W901st12,02 m
Javelin throw W901st7.85 m
2010European Masters ChampionshipsHungary NyíregyházaShot put W951st5.32 mWR
Discus throw W951st12.86 mWR
Javelin throw W951st7.92 m
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